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Books in Browsers 2010: The Future of Reading on the Web
A Showcase of Reading, Lending, and Vending books online.
Thursday, October 21st @ 6:00PM
Internet Archive
300 Funston Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
The Internet Archive, with the support of O'Reilly Media, is hosting an evening demonstration of the vending and lending of books in web browsers on a variety of different platforms. The showcase is the keystone event of a two day summit held to examine the rapid transition towards books on the web.
Demonstrations include:
- Browser-based ereaders and reading applications
- Discovery via BookServer, search engines, Open Library
- Publisher mechanisms for selling books in browsers
- Library mechanisms for lending books in browsers
The Advisory Board for Books in Browsers 2010:
Keith Fahlgren, Ibis Reader
Hadrien Gardeur, Feedbooks
Tom Garnett, Smithsonian Institution
Mary Lou Jepson, Pixel Qi
Hugh McGuire, Bookoven
Kat Meyer, O'Reilly Media
Pam Samuelson, UC Berkeley
Daihei Shiohama, Voyager Japan
200 people came to the
evening demonstration.